macnn.com - 12/4/2008
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The use of one or more proximity sensors alone or in combination with one or more touch sensors in a multi-touch panel to detect the presence of a finger, body part or other object and control or trigger one or more functions in accordance with an "image" of touch provided by the sensor outputs ...
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Apple files patent for hover-ready touchscreen
MacNN | The Macintosh News Network —
[image] Apple has developed technology that would let an iPhone or similar device be controlled by hovering fingers nearby rather than just touches alone, a new US patent filing shows. The system would include the company's familiar capacitive touchscreen technology but would also introduce numerous infrared or similar sensors that can gauge the relative position of fingers, a whole hand or an outside object by measuring the differences in the light level at different points on the display. While the iPhone currently has a monolithic proximity sensor that triggers basic ...
Apple files patent for hover-ready touchscreen
Electronista | The Macintosh News Network —
[image] Apple has developed technology that would let an iPhone or similar device be controlled by hovering fingers nearby rather than just touches alone, a new US patent filing shows. The system would include the company's familiar capacitive touchscreen technology but would also introduce numerous infrared or similar sensors that can gauge the relative position of fingers, a whole hand or an outside object by measuring the differences in the light level at different points on the display. While the iPhone currently has a monolithic proximity sensor that triggers basic ...
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Apple more closed than Microsoft —
The Register 12/4/2008
Reg readers pass judgement Comment Bashing Microsoft for being closed and proprietary has been a popular pastime in the media and the IT industry for many years, and there is no doubt that much of this has been well deserved.…
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